CTIA Asks White House to Protect 5G in C Band
CTIA asked the White House to direct the FAA and the aviation industry to work with the wireless industry on deploying the C band for 5G, starting in January. CTIA President Meredith Baker sought intervention in a Thursday letter to…
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Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council. Industry officials warned Wednesday of extended delays as the FAA probes potential interference to radio altimeters (see 2111100068). “Aviation safety is critically important,” Baker said: “It is also not at risk due to C-Band 5G operations because there is no credible engineering evidence or real-world interference incidents to warrant delay in 5G deployment. The sole basis for the aviation community’s advocacy is an aviation industry association report released late last year asserting interference risks to aviation altimeters, but a review of the test parameters shows significant flaws and inconsistencies and raises serious questions about the report’s veracity.” If results were accurate, “altimeters in the United States would be functioning improperly today, even in the absence of 5G deployments,” she said. The White House didn’t comment Friday. The FAA should leave 5G in the C band alone, Free State Foundation bloggers said. “The FCC has legal authority over commercial spectrum -- and the FAA does not,” they said: The FCC shouldn’t “allow the integrity of federal commercial spectrum policy to be undermined by executive agencies making last-minute unsubstantiated complaints.”